What are Restorative Approaches?
Restorative practice is a term used to describe a way of being, an underpinning ethos, which enables us to build and maintain healthy relationships, resolve difficulties and repair harm when relationships breakdown.*
Restorative approaches are value-based and needs-led.
They can be seen as part of a broader ethos or culture that identifies strong, mutually respectful relationships and a cohesive community and the foundations on which good teaching and learning can flourish. In such a community, young people are given a lot of responsibility for decision-making on issues that affect their lives, their learning and their experiences of school.
What can Restorative Approaches do for my school?**
Restorative Approaches and Practices provide the foundation to build, maintain and repair relationships positively with the whole school community.